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浮かれる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

Describes a lighthearted, buoyant mood, often from excitement or celebration. Can imply being carried away by the atmosphere.

〈事こと〉に浮うかれるto get carried away with excitement over something
合ごう格かくの知しらせに浮うかれてしまった。
I got carried away with excitement at the news that I'd passed.
浮うかれた〈物もの〉a merry, festive (mood/face/atmosphere)
浮うかれた気き分ぶんで街まちを歩あるいた。
I walked through town in a festive mood.

花はなに浮うかれるbe intoxicated with the blossoms; be carried away by the beauty of cherry blossoms

はしゃぐN1
はしゃぐ describes noisy, playful excitement often shown physically, while 浮かれる is a quieter, internal feeling of being carried away by a buoyant mood.
浮うき立たつ
浮き立つ emphasizes a sudden lift in spirits or heart, while 浮かれる stresses being swept up in an atmosphere or occasion, often with a slightly frivolous nuance.
浮うくN3
浮かれる directly means to be merry or carried away with excitement, whereas 浮く in the cheerful sense mainly appears in negative fixed phrases like 浮かない顔.
ノリノリ
浮かれる is a verb meaning to get carried away with giddy excitement, sometimes implying frivolity, whereas ノリノリ is an adjective for being energetically enthusiastic without that negative shade.

落おち込こむN2
落ち込む means to feel down or depressed, the emotional opposite of 浮かれる's lighthearted, high-spirited state.

浮うくN3
浮く shares the same root and kanji as 浮かれる but means to physically float or to be socially out of place, not to be in high spirits.
浮うかぶN3
浮かれる means 'to be in high spirits' or 'merry,' and its similar written form makes it easy to confuse with 浮かぶ, which means 'to float' or 'come to mind.'

浮うかれ女め
female entertainer and prostitute in historical Japan
浮うかれ男お
playboy; womanizer
浮うかれ節ぶし
folk song with shamisen
浮うかれ出でる
go out in high spirits; go out feeling merry
浮うかれ歩あるく
gad about; gallivant; go out on the town · wander aimlessly; walk around restlessly

Derived from the verb 浮く (うく, 'to float'), with the intransitive suffix 〜れる, suggesting a state of 'floating' emotionally.